The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-30


short.
3. For public school buildings The total
for 1887 is Sl6, 22S 30. Total collections to
December |, Sll,SGl S6, and total dis
hursomonts TO same date, Sll,539 -,
showing surplus in favor Of this Use Of
$,277 81.
4. For board Of health and garbage
purpose the levy for 1887 is So, SO -.
Total collections TO December I, go, 207.
81, and total disbursements 10 same date.
SlT0l7 n, showing surplus TO its credit
December |, 1887, Of Sl,27l ~.
q For hospital service thc total lrvy
ior 1887 is S1,6ll a, Total collections to
| December LIST, ~, Az ~, and expenditures
to same date, SIC, $50 ~, hcing an excess
OF ~, liO ~ over the total levy ior lis bcnc-
III for the year 1887. over, and not short.
s. The total levy OF 1857 for the pur-
poses OF sewers aud drains is SlS.26S. ~;
total collections TO December I, l7,Si7.
20; total expenditures to same date, $40.
2lo 10, showing surplus in its layor Of
$3.50 II.
The foregoing items embrace all the de-
parlmcnts and purposes for which taxes
were imposed in 1887 except streets aud
bridges. OF these hospital, public schools,
lights and police purposes have received u
total Ia December !, 1881, ol Nl2,hB 81
more than the total levy for their benefit
for 1887.
Sewers, board Of health aud garbage,
public school buildings and Tire purposes,
have received to December I, 1857, s23,.
0SO 30 less than the total levy lor their
benefit Ion the year 1887.
Thus II appears how utterly mioundcd
Is the allegation tha, these purposes arr
short SlOd, 900 on the levy Tor thcu benefit
iOr 1857.
Dcducting the 81, eaG 81 which three Of
said uses have received Ia excess of their
total levy, from the S23.OS0 ID which the
five Others are short, leaves the net short.
age ol these uses on the total levy ior their
benefit in 1857 only $40, iS3 -, instead Of
SION, 600.
But there remains uncollertcd II the
levy for said purposes lor the year 1887,
5000 80. This deducted leaves the net
shortage Of all these uses on the loNy ol
1857, only -, 100 o. instead oi the great
sum oi SlC3,OOO II was easy tu meet this
small sum out OF the large reserve NJ back
taxes due the government, aud II has been
thus satisfied.
Aud thus yanishcs, under The logic oi
undisputcd facts, the alleged diversion ~
slOd, 600 Of the taxes levied ior 1857 from
the uses for which they were levied aud
their misnppropnaiion Ia the use oi streets
II is true that the levy of lSNi has proven
inadequate for some oi the purposes for
which IL provides; but this not by reason
! oi amy diversion, hut Il arises from the in
sutliciCncy OF the levy.
Nor Is there any practical inadcquacy,
because back taxes, stntion-huusc revenue
aud now and then small tenn.
pOrury advance, In anticipation II in
como nom these sources, would have
| kept all the wheels of government Ia mo-
| ton, and met every want, had these means
oi supply not been locked mp iJr mouths
! 10y the questions niiscd ~ 10 the right ol
| the Taxing District authorities 10 Ne the
same lor the benefit OF the government.
Tho blll m this cause dcni,s the right
lodivtn en,- Jss<sx Ia the criminal oourI
/ DENY ".
VI Il only within few days that Il In.
/ been declared neither crime nor hrrgrh
Oi trust Ia use the surplus revenue arising
| from these sources iur any legitimate gov.
/ onmvui want which has been made.
quatrly supplied by the annual tau levied
lot H. use. This timely decision il ia liar.
mony with the practices NJ the govern.
mcnl from its formation, and lindy album
dant warrant IN the charter 81 the Taxing
District.
No. -stNroN.uorsr nrNTNrr, wuiGrtUr
prrs, ne.
No special mention has thus iir bcru
made ui the revenue from station housr
| inspection fees, market rents und wharfage
| dues
They are moi embraced in IN,
! levy ui 1857 Tie first named !.
not derived from taxation In any scnst
whatever; aud the last h not the result III
taxation, but income derived from the usg
of the Whnncs II the 1aXing District
II h enough ~ say IN regard "a them,
that ihc funds they produce have been Nj
| applied ~ Ia meet all claims on them. M
just demand hns been turned away unsit.
isiicd
N--ri,,AL CoSpIuoN ur rur TANING pis
TmCr rrurouAuY loans.
It's true that 5000 have been, tempo.
| mrly, advanced the Taxing District, ON
| the individual credit ul two oi H. commits.
iuncp, boz anticipation ui collections from
| delinquent taxes Hut 10 ~ alsD true that
| the lnNing District has between eighty
| and one hundred thousand dollars ul wi
! vent delinquent taxes. besides IL station
house monthly surplus, With which iu
meet this small advance H. fiscal cundi.
ton b not only sound, bat iint class. II
WIS never IN sDundpr financial basis.
! Respondents may ns we'll state, IN thi,
connection. that such advances M sud
$500 are hy mo- means uncommon IN the
| history ~ said district II Is no moro than
anticipating taxes In hand for collection,
/ aud which nw absolutely sure Ia be- col.
/ lccio1. Such advance have been made
~ procured for this government, FROM its
earliest existence by the purcst, the most
/ mWriuus. and the most unsclish men iu
| the entire community
Respondents respectfully submit q few
Instances in point ~ support Of this state.
/ mCui.
I. ~ The spring Of 1870, In tho early
morning Ol the existence of the Taxing
| District. the Hon H. 4. rancr and tho
Hon. John O,cflpu, IT,, the fire and police
/ commissioners, advanced the Taxing niH.
| ifici sou. u had no money. II had a
good tax list The government WIS
! projected tp hr wn practically ON cash
basis. But in ils infancy Il had no cash.
lis taxes were not money. II cash ~.
yancrs had not been made for iis support
on the faith of these taxes IL would thrr'.
fore have persisted in iis very cradle
| These good and true men, Porter nui
Oyctpn. put their credit In the breach
and kept the wheels Of government
moving. They committed no wrong. They
have long since been repaid al save the
debt Of gratitude due them for this honoH,.
bic aud patriotic conduct.
.. again. In 1880 the Hon. u. T. Porter,
the Hon. John Oycrton, IT,, and Hon.
Mike Burke advanced $4,000 Ia the Tax
my District IN order TO push the work IT
paving nui sewers IN the mild and good